I witnessed these scripts first-hand when I lived in a dormitory for single guys, populated with an abundance of “nerdy” male seminary students. They (or should I say we?) nearly all shared a common experience, generating hyper-ambivalent responses. They invited a girl on a date, and she said yes! The days leading up to the date became a paradise of anticipation. Sadly, the evening did not produce the desired second date, leaving the male in the wilderness of rejection.
